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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] Ignore all Carriage Returns when importing an environment.
Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 23:19:45 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120512211945.CBF67200049@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4FAE78BE.3090302@ahsoftware.de>

Dear Alexander Holler,

In message <4FAE78BE.3090302@ahsoftware.de> you wrote:
>
> Try to explain a windows user that a text file should not contain 
> carriage returns and how he can achieve that.
> 
> You'll do it once, maybe twice, than you will surrender. ;)

I disagree here.  But of course YMMV.


But we should not remove functionality to make life easier for
ignorant people who don't listen to your advice.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2012-05-12 21:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-11  7:14 [U-Boot] [PATCH] Ignore all Carriage Returns when importing an environment Alexander Holler
2012-05-11 19:09 ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-05-12 14:22   ` Alexander Holler
2012-05-12 21:18     ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-05-13  8:07       ` Alexander Holler
2012-05-13  9:27         ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-05-12  6:17 ` Marek Vasut
2012-05-12 14:25   ` Alexander Holler
2012-05-12 14:46     ` Marek Vasut
2012-05-12 14:50       ` Alexander Holler
2012-05-12 16:08         ` Marek Vasut
2012-05-12 18:33           ` Alexander Holler
2012-05-12 18:37             ` Marek Vasut
2012-05-12 19:10               ` Alexander Holler
2012-05-12 21:21                 ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-05-13  7:43                   ` Alexander Holler
2012-05-12 21:19         ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]

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